Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

On March 30 the new Facebook Timeline design will roll out to all Facebook Pages and one new function is the ability to post Milestones to your Timeline. After you type the first few letters of the location, Facebook will generate a pop-down menu of Facebook Places to choose from. Simple enough.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Social media is an incredibly powerful storytelling tool for your nonprofit. To make posting easier, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite time-saving tools to help you create the best nonprofit social media campaign ever. Tools for Scheduling and Publishing Posts. Sprout Social is another social media publishing tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Once you get accustomed to a tool, it changes in an attempt to reinvent itself. That said, Facebook has made some recent upgrades – and more are coming – that nonprofits need to know about. 1) Facebook has decreased Pages’ Reach… again. As far as getting angry at Facebook, there’s really no point.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In today’s digital-centric world, your organisation has plenty of choices when it comes to marketing your organization —from generating content on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook to your nonprofit website. What better way to show off your nonprofit’s impactful work than with your engaging social media content?

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. Content marketing is a team effort, and the weight does not have to be shouldered alone. Attract volunteers steadily. Make it easy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. LinkedIn Pages.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 29, 2016

But now social media giant Facebook has put this exciting tool into the hands of anyone and everyone via their site, giving users the ability to broadcast videos to a worldwide audience with a couple button taps. Consider your content. First-time Facebook Live posters are going to make mistakes: it’s inevitable.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Some examples of online communities include a LinkedIn or Facebook group where industry professionals connect. How online community platforms differ from other virtual networking communities A major difference between virtual networking communities like LinkedIn or Facebook and an online community platform is why they’re used.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. The platform, however, is different than Facebook or Twitter. Instagram is all about visual content, meaning you’ll need a new approach to use the site effectively. Build a Content Strategy. Work With Influencers.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Why social media sharing should be viewed as a form of generosity Twenty-nine percent of online donors say that social media is the communication tool that most inspires them to give. They need to see your social media content to be inspired to give, and only a small percentage of your followers sees what you share. Here’s the catch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. The service provides early access to new Twitter tools and a variety of unique features. 3) Tweet content that inspires engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.” ” UpWell Content Curation Guidelines - The Mobilisation Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Note from Beth: Is Facebook Live or posting videos part of your nonprofit’s strategy for 2018? Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. For Facebook and Instagram, square is a great option.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Over the past few months you’ve probably noticed the Facebook like button on at least a few of the websites you frequent. To date, over 1 million sites use the Facebook Like button. Some publishers are seeing up to 85% more time spent on their site by people who use the Facebook Like button. A few interesting facts.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Social media provides plenty of tools to help you create an effective strategy that can make a huge difference in your organization and help you meet the goals you set. Fundraising.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

With virtual events quickly becoming the new normal for the events industry, it is important that you find and make use of the best tools available to host a professional and engaging event. Adding video production tools to your belt can help you overcome a number of challenges that video production is faced with. Audio tools.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Over the past few months you’ve probably noticed the Facebook like button on at least a few of the websites you frequent. Is your nonprofit using the Facebook Like button ? To date, over 1 million sites use the Facebook Like button. It helps you harnesses the power of Facebook –. A few interesting facts. 3 Starter Tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network. Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. Content Strategy: The Wisdom of the Network, guest post by Miriam Brousseau.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2016

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been close to 10 years since Facebook first introduced the News Feed. And since then, Facebook has implemented over 30 major algorithm changes to determine what is prioritized on your Facebook News Feed. They have to “Like” your page before they can check “See First.”).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Facebook Fundraising Tools [ Conservation International ]. In the 1990’s, English made up 80% of web content. Today, 10 languages make up 82% of web content. The world’s most popular messaging apps are WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Viber. Facebook Live Best Practices ]. Facebook Live Best Practices ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. . The Instagram Donation Sticker is different from the Facebook Donate button because it is only available inside the Stories feature. Well, it depends!

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Our society is marked by inequities of race, gender, ability, and more—and the content we create can either challenge these inequities or reinforce them. As well-intentioned as content may be, when done wrong it can disempower, objectify, or misrepresent those we intend to serve. The good news? Captions .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

Over on my Facebook Page and during recent Leveraging Social Media Peer Group discussions , there have been questions about Edgerank and colleague Devon Smith has been experimenting. Edgerank Is To Facebook As Pagerank is to Google. That is, how often a fan views and interacts with your Facebook page and individual posts.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Social media companies create new tools to achieve objectives. Meanwhile, Instagram video provides options such as Instagram stickers and links if you want to drive people to content or to make a donation. . Go Live” through live video platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn Live. The possibilities are endless. That’s fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

6 Specific Challenges Online Fundraisers Should Consider When Using Facebook by John Haydon, Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies and blogger at www.johnhaydon.com. E-Book #2: Feeding the Content Beast. Here’s a bonus link of simple techniques and tools for finding great content on social channels to curate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

For two of the peer learning groups , we explored best practices for using Facebook strategically as part of an integrated communications plan based on this content ( [link] ). If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Last month, I had the pleasure of doing a session on Content Curation called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from the Best Content Curator on the Planet: Robin Good? I spent some time going through the tools on Robin’s list to find the ones that were easy to use and gave me good stuff quickly. Which ones?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

There seems to be a new social media tool or channel every week. But when Facebook comes out with a new app, you should probably pay attention to it. Facebook Paper, released in February for the iPhone, is a whole new way to browse the social media network. So what does Facebook Paper mean to nonprofits? How Paper Works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In early October we made the rounds to promote the book in Boston and I had a chance to meet Brooke Freedman and Brian Halligan at Hubspot. I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. What has changed?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. Creating Great Content. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

Now, It is used in modern streaming setups, and its primary objective is to deliver content from an encoder to an online video host. . It is no longer used solely for feeding live video streams; it is now used for optimizing live streams with minimal buffering and higher stream quality. . Facebook Live uses a variation of this. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2017

Still in beta for most, LinkedIn is slowly rolling out a new design for Pages, Admin Tools, the News Feed, and LinkedIn Profiles. Engagement and/or click-throughs are often higher on LinkedIn Pages than on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Less is more in the case of the new LinkedIn Admin Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

New media literacy: ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication. Cognitive load management: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

With virtual events quickly becoming the new normal for the events industry, it is important that you find and make use of the best tools available to host a professional and engaging event. Adding video production tools to your belt can help you overcome a number of challenges that video production is faced with. Audio tools.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, shameless plug for Whole Whale tools that will help a team working to increase a social presence: Linkedin tips article Whole Whale’s Social Media Course NonprofitNewsFeed.com is a weekly nonprofit news feed that can give your team ideas for content for a CEO to react to. Social Media Tools. Rev.com or Otter.ai

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